The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-10
STRENGTH or EUROPEAN ARMIES.

Fhe peace strength Of the Belgian army n
$500 e. C6 off1cersy. The war strength d
101 ,26s 500 ofiicers).
The Swiss Confederation has no standing
army, but in case Of war it can probably
raise force of 202, 900 men
The regular forces Of Sweden comprises
81, 249 troops of the line These, with 134, los
reserves and 2O,S11 militia with "a guns, give
. war strength of 1872, 1Gs men.
The peace strength Of the Spanish army b
about $4,000 men. It's war strength, when
the reorganization scheme Of 1893 is carried
out in its entirety, will be about GOO, 900 men.
Peace strength of the united army Of Aus
tria and Hungary is II ,S67 officers, 268, 555
rank and file; total, 2S8, 422. War strength,
81, 7S5 officers, ,O44, $40 men, total of O77,
1o4
The peace strength Of the army Of Dem
mark is 81, so men, Of whom ,291 are off,
GERS. By calling III a second levy, or reserve,
the army reaches n war strength of $1,000
n,496 officers.
The Portuguese army has peace strength
Of 1911 men (2,505 officers. Its war
strength including the colonial forces, was
estimated in 1885 at 12S, 77S, of which num-
Der . So are officers.
In 1886 the active army of Turkey num-
bere,i about 10, coo men, with S2S guns and
p, 0o1 horses The war strength of the Turk
ish army. when completely reorganized, will
contorise a total strength of l, 161, GOO men,
The peace strength of the Italian standing
army Is 215,000 $4,000 officers. In this
number are not included the Carbineers
about $4,000 and the Douaniers 10000.
The war strength of the Italian army, ac
cording to the budget of 1885, is 1900, 078
men.
The peace strength of the Russian army is
SO7, 243 (27,412 ofIicerS). The war strength is
2.4S9 333. There l., beside, territorial re-
serve of nearly 100000 men and nationGl
militia of 100000 men Thus Russia has
at her disposal an armed host of nearly
6,oO0 COO men.
The peace strength of the army of France
is % 914 commissioned officers, ~, 720 non
commits stoned officers, 45f $50 men, making a
total of 51:c;.S24. On the outbreak of war
France is able to raise an army, including the
reserve and territorial forces, of 1853, S61
men, of which ,355, 205 field and reserve
troops, and Coz $50 territorial troops
The European forces of Holland have a
peace strength of G5,014 men G, 325 officers.
Tho Dutch Indian army has 39.GS3 This
gives total peace effective army of 104,697.
BY calling out the Schutteryen communal
guard(, to the number of 114,301, the Dutch
army is raised to n war strength of 218, 99S,
beside which there is the levee en- masse
which is estimated at about 0,C00 men.
The peace strength of the German army,
according TO the budget of 1886, is As, 424
men, of which number 1850 are officers
81 ,591 non-ccnlmssoned officers, Is, 427 must
Clans COS surgeo-s;, !, 532 hospital assistants,
61s veterinary surgeons, $40 payn1asters, CSC
grtnsmiths, 10,091 artisans. The total war
strength of the forces at the disposal of Ger
many is IN round numbers g. G2, 000 men
The British army has 595 $50 officers and
men, OF which the regular forces OF home
and in the colonies number $50, 729; first class
reserve, sc, 268: second class reserve, 7,738;
militia, including reserve, 139, 7S6; yeomanry,
lass; volunteers, 209, 365; regular forces in
India, 1928. II we add the native forces of
India 123, $50 mem, obtain total of
Tic, 293; and, by including the Irish police
$4,000 men) and the Indian police 100000,
both forces being organized on a military
basis. q grand total OF DIS, 203, OF which nuns
Der 25, orr are officers. Tho peace strength of
the regular army is only 203, 791.